VibeVoice ASR HF
Mar 2026
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VibeVoice ASR HF measured on 40 of 81 Speech to text benchmarks40
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self-host onlyprice
8.2Open ASR
Mar 2026released
en, es, fr +45Languages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MBetterMultilingual×7.3—$0.001COpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026×7.3——Languages: loses ru, hi, id +32
BetterWhisper Large v3 TurboOpen×2.4—$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verified
BetterVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Open×4—$0.001Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +37+1
BetterParakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpen×5.2—$0.002Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +22+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingual×7.3—$0.001Whisper Large v3 TurboOpen×2.4—$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Open×4—$0.001Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +37+1Parakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpen×5.2—$0.002Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +22+1Voxtral Small 24B 2507Open×6.6—$0.003Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +37+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CCohere Transcribe 03 2026Open×7.3——Languages: loses ru, hi, id +32
Granite Speech 4.1 2B NarOpen×5.5——Languages: loses zh, ja, it +40Phi 4 Multimodal InstructOpen×4.9—$0.05Languages: loses hi, id, ca +22
Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B HfOpen×4.6——Languages: loses he, no, ca +19Whisper Large v3Open×4.4—$0.004ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Phi 4 Multimodal InstructOpen×4.9—$0.05Languages: loses hi, id, ca +22Azure Speech 07 2026×10.4——Languages: not verifiedAzure Speech 06 2026×11.2——Languages: not verifiedMAI Transcribe 2n/a—$0.002MAI Transcribe 1.5n/a—$0.006Languages: loses he, no, fa +14All Microsoft models →Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · compressed✓ 16 GB · 8-bit✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceMITfree for commercial use
Benchmarks
in Speech & VoiceOpen ASR · average WER8.2#47
Open ASR · RTFx217.9#35
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER19.5#47
Open ASR · AMI WER15.5#27
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER12.2#35
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER7.9#27
Open ASR · French RTFx125.7#19
Open ASR · French FLEURS WER11.3#38
Open ASR · French MCV WER23.9#39
Open ASR · German RTFx113.7#19
Open ASR · Spanish RTFx136.4#18
Open ASR · Spanish MCV WER11.9#38
Open ASR · Italian RTFx126#17
Open ASR · Italian MCV WER20.6#38
Open ASR · Italian MLS WER10.4#34
Open ASR · Portuguese RTFx123.3#18
Open ASR · Hindi RTFx58.3#14
Open ASR · Hindi Monsoon WER39.2#31
Open ASR · Dutch RTFx111.8#17
Open ASR · Dutch FLEURS WER10.7#30
Open ASR · Dutch MCV WER27.2#34
Open ASR · Dutch MLS WER11.3#29
FAQ
How much does VibeVoice ASR HF cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is VibeVoice ASR HF free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is VibeVoice ASR HF, and what is it best at?›
#47 of 61 in Speech to text.
Is VibeVoice ASR HF better than OmniASR CTC 300M v2?›
On Open ASR · German MCV WER, VibeVoice ASR HF scores 21 vs 18.9 — lower.
When was VibeVoice ASR HF released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-03-02. It is the current version in its line.
Is VibeVoice ASR HF open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
Can I run VibeVoice ASR HF locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is VibeVoice ASR HF?›
VibeVoice ASR HF is an open-weights speech & voice model from Microsoft, released Mar 2026.
What are the best alternatives to VibeVoice ASR HF?›
Multilingual (better), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).